RNS Number:9517S
Bank of Ireland(Governor&Co)
08 December 2003


Bank of Ireland Group announces that on 5 December 2003, it purchased 750,000
units of Ordinary Stock at a price of Euro 10.4913 per unit of Ordinary Stock to
be held as Treasury Stock.


For further information please contact:
   
                      
Fiona Ross               Group Investor Relations             +353 1 604 3501
Anne Mathews             Group Corporate Communications       +353 1 604 3836


Announcement date: 8 December 2003


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